Question Question about Windows 10 activation license...

[jon96789]

I built a new PC in the beginning of December and installed a new copy of Windows 10 Home (did you know the price of Windows 10 home went up? It used to be $100 but is now $140).

Long story short, the ASUS ROG Strix B550 mobo crapped out on me, gets a "USB device over-current status detected. The system will shut down in 15 seconds" error. I ended up replacing the motherboard with the exact same model.

My question is, will Windows 10 require a brand new license or will it retain the original one. No other hardware was changed. Thanks in advance.

 

[Lafong]

I think that is a gray area, but you can probably get it to activate.

At one time, you could buy a "retail" license, which could definitely be re-installed and re-activated on any new motherboard, but I'm not sure you can buy a retail license anymore.

 

[vov4ik_il]

It will ask you, but you can use the troubleshooter to transfer it over if you had it with your ms account

 

[Colif]

When you activated, did you link it to an email address? If you have a Microsoft account you can install win10 on new motherboard and use the same email account to create user, and then run a troubleshooter afterwards to attach the license to the Motherboard

This shows steps - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...f04c-145b-6ead-fb3fc72b6665#ID0EBD=Windows_10